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Part of the reason I am still on Android is because I can install and uninstall whatever I want, including stuff like Revanced. I still love to have the batter

Part of the reason I am still on Android is because I can install and uninstall whatever I want, including stuff like Revanced. I still love to have the battery and the "it just work" reliability from Apple though. Let see how this play out in the US. If Apple doesn't hobble it too much I might get an iPhone for my next phone. Guaranteed it will have some catches though. I also wonder how much it would affect the security side since Apple devices have been pretty secure so far with its walled garden approach.

icev 3y ago
Same here. And also Firefox with uBlock origin. Sideloading in iOS might finally convince me to move away from Android.
Pingk 3y ago
I'd love to read a study if the walled garden actually produces more secure software. I've heard this claim a lot but I also see lots of 0-day vulnerabilities for iPhones. There's a patch for an in-the-wild 0-day literally today. https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zero-click-zero-day-exploit-captured-in-the-wild/ https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zer...
- vachina 3y ago
  It doesn’t produce more secure software but prevents users from installing Trojans themselves, e.g. keylogger masquerading as a restaurant app.
  - sschueller 3y ago
    It also prevents user from installing apps that the government doesn't approve off.
charcircuit 3y ago
>including stuff like Revanced. Modded clients are notorious for stealing people's accounts. While Revanced is safe if you patch the official apk yourself, normal people will fall for trojans that inject malware into it.
- networkchad 3y ago
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gnopgnip 3y ago
You have been able to sideload apps if you really want to for several years on a non jailbroken iphone with something like sideloadly. You need to connect it to a computer once a week to refresh and it's limited to 3 apps for a non dev account. Or pay for a developer account
robotshmobot 3y ago
> including stuff like Revanced. Glad my YouTube Premium subscription subsidizes your theft

icev 3y ago

Same here. And also Firefox with uBlock origin. Sideloading in iOS might finally convince me to move away from Android.

Pingk 3y ago

I'd love to read a study if the walled garden actually produces more secure software. I've heard this claim a lot but I also see lots of 0-day vulnerabilities for iPhones. There's a patch for an in-the-wild 0-day literally today. https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zero-click-zero-day-exploit-captured-in-the-wild/ https://citizenlab.ca/2023/09/blastpass-nso-group-iphone-zer...

vachina 3y ago
It doesn’t produce more secure software but prevents users from installing Trojans themselves, e.g. keylogger masquerading as a restaurant app.
- sschueller 3y ago
  It also prevents user from installing apps that the government doesn't approve off.

charcircuit 3y ago

>including stuff like Revanced. Modded clients are notorious for stealing people's accounts. While Revanced is safe if you patch the official apk yourself, normal people will fall for trojans that inject malware into it.

networkchad 3y ago
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gnopgnip 3y ago

You have been able to sideload apps if you really want to for several years on a non jailbroken iphone with something like sideloadly. You need to connect it to a computer once a week to refresh and it's limited to 3 apps for a non dev account. Or pay for a developer account

robotshmobot 3y ago

> including stuff like Revanced. Glad my YouTube Premium subscription subsidizes your theft